"If The Shoe Fits" ($60.00)

(adjusted price.....$60.00....mounted on a 1.50" depth clayboard)
This is a familiar quote used to point out negative behavior in a somewhat humorous way. I decided to add three words at the end to make it even funnier.  It's not meant to be serious at all and a woman's shoe is such a great contemporary icon!

Color selection is always important but there are several colors available in gouache and acrylic paints that give a glow. In acrylics, one of those colors is light violet. The equivalent to that in gouache is winsor violet (WN) plus white. These colors combined with burnt sienna ("grayed down" orange) are a split complement which gives the visual punch. Another great color (used with burnt sienna in the dark values of the shoe) is perylene violet. It is more of a red violet.

One of the best quotes I've ever heard about color came from Kevin MacPherson (prominent oil and "plein air" painter.) He teaches his students..."If the color note is right, the value will be right." That's a good thing to remember if you have difficulty discerning the values of an object or person.

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